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Poway, CA

49,005 Population
39.1 square miles 1,254 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$53,538 ±$2,203 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $42,696 ±$333
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $41,276 ±$139
$119,847 ±$9,566 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $88,240 ±$741
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $84,097 ±$236

5.1% ±1.2% (2,492  ±592) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.7% 344,458 (±0.3% / ±8,168)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12.3% 4,741,175 (±0.1% / ±41,071)

25.3 minutes ±0.8 (498,390  ±25,462) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 26.3 37,258,384 (±0.2 / ±277,481)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)

Families

16,261 ±434 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,139,899 ±3,376
  • California: 13,217,586 ±19,810
3 ±0.1 (48,443  ±208) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.8 3,206,098 (±0 / ±3,193)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.9 38,640,268

7% ±2% (687  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5% 40,551 (±0.2% / ±1,725)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.8% 461,770 (±0.1% / ±5,716)

Housing

16,881 ±436 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,221,613 ±1,200
  • California: 14,328,539 ±1,595

$766,700 ±$24,901 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $627,200 ±$2,593
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $573,200 ±$1,125

10.4% ±1.7% (5,028  ±807.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 14.5% 472,545 (±0.3% / ±9,097.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,685,365 (±0.1% / ±28,785.1)

Social

91.8% ±3.1% (31,931  ±1,205.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 88.3% 1,988,258 (±0.5% / ±11,548.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.2% 22,561,035 (±0.2% / ±42,563.7)
52.4% ±2.4% (18,235  ±897.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 40.3% 906,455 (±0.3% / ±7,278.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 35.3% 9,451,438 (±0.1% / ±26,582.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.6% ±1.8% (9,612  ±903) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 22.7% 749,110 (±0.2% / ±7,981)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,454,949 (±0.1% / ±34,327)

9.8% ±1.1% (3,737  ±430) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 8% 200,573 (±0.2% / ±4,092)
  • about double the rate in California: 4.8% 1,467,026 (±0% / ±9,913)
3,737 Total veterans ±430 3,257 Male ±373 480 Female ±192

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